Vale View Primary School

Vale View Primary School is performing well since its previous inspection, moving from requires improvement to a good overall effectiveness rating. The school fosters a nurturing environment that promotes academic success and personal development for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The curriculum is ambitious and has been positively received by pupils, who demonstrate high engagement and eagerness to learn. However, there are some challenges related to achieving expected standards in writing and mathematics for key stage 1 pupils due to factors such as a previous weaknesses in curriculum and student mobility during the year.

Strengths

• Strong nurturing and friendly school environment.
• Ambitious curriculum designed for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• High-quality relationships between pupils and staff.
• Pupils produce high-quality work and demonstrate understanding.
• Effective focus on early reading with well-trained staff delivering phonics.
• Positive measures taken to improve pupil attendance.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, teachers do not use assessment information effectively to address learning gaps.
• Some pupils do not read regularly enough to consolidate their knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Vale View Primary School attended 91.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Vale View Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Vale View Primary School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.9% of pupils at Vale View Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 25 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Vale View Primary School received £8,712 and spent £8,728 for each of its 401 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £71,000 (£177 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Vale View Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Vale View Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Vale View Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Vale View Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Vale View Primary School have?

Vale View Primary School has 408 pupils on roll.

What age range does Vale View Primary School cover?

Vale View Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Vale View Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Vale View Primary School?

Vale View Primary School is at Mill Lane, North Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire, SK5 6TP.